Textsearches for words with plus-sign do not match in PageFields

[horst]

Hi,

I use a search with MySQL like operator:

$matches = $pages->find("{$suchFelder}%=$q, limit=$limit");

My $suchFelder are: 'body|headline|pagefield.title'

When searching for a phrase like schmidt+meier the result contains matches with the phrase if it is in body or headline, but not if it is in pagefield.title. Why isn't it consistent? Why doesn't it find them in pagefield.title?

If I do a search only for schmidt it returns all matches, including that from pagefield.title.

If this is a bug, I'm also interested in a (quick) workaround. I need this to work properly for a live site!